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To HATE the whole idea of Christmas Eve boxes

400 replies

TeeJay1970 · 16/12/2018 19:40

Don't kids get enough stuff on the 25th?

My nephews and niece now think it's their right to have gifts on the 24th as well.

Where does it end?

Yes I know AIBU!
Yes it's probably been done on here already in the last few weeks!

OP posts:

MutedUser · 17/12/2018 02:27

But Bertie this isn’t about born in 2018 sleepsuits it’s about Christmas pj that can be passed down and can we worn all year round so also serve their purpose . Again both end up in landfills .

BertieBotts · 17/12/2018 02:33

I mentioned 2018 sleepsuits in relation to landfill above and I thought your comment was relating to that.

I still think a generic, any season design has a longer life in general than one with a very narrow window and in kids clothing in general I find that wasteful. Perhaps some people do pass them around family or whatever but most people won't, in my experience.

Hisaishi · 17/12/2018 02:56

Yes, I guess we can just say 'let's mind our own business' but this is all part of the mass consumerism that is taking over the world. There is NO NEED for a massive heap of presents on Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day. It all adds to the pressure that people feel, it becomes something we have to do or else it's 'not a real Christmas'. I will never be partaking in this total madness.

Hisaishi · 17/12/2018 02:59

"The magic of Christmas is great and my kids love it"

Why do you need to buy even more stuff to feel the magic of Christmas?

Of course your kids love it. Kids love getting presents.

But what are we teaching them by making all these traditions about buying more and more stuff every year?

MutedUser · 17/12/2018 03:06

Hisaishi who here says their kids get massive piles on present on Christmas Eve? Have you even read the thread ? Nearly everyone says it’s simply new pyjamas and hot chocolate and few sweeties .

Hisaishi · 17/12/2018 03:09

muted of COURSE that's what people say, but looking at other sources, this seems pretty far from the truth.

I guess I just don't get why people feel the need to follow these trends. If your kids need new pyjamas, just give it to them on Christmas day, surely. But no, M&S are saying it's a thing, so we must blindly follow follow.

MutedUser · 17/12/2018 03:18

I wouldn’t call it a trend when it’s been going on in my family at least all my mothers life and she is 61 .

fawkesRedux · 17/12/2018 03:33

I always got a gift from my parents on Christmas Eve and do the same with my children. New thick socks, a chocolate bar or small bag of sweets and a new Christmas tree decoration.

Stupid Elf on the bloody shelf needs to fuck off though.

sdaisy26 · 17/12/2018 04:23

Our Christmas Eve box is a cardboard box from whatever delivery turned up last. Yes with new PJs, but not specific Christmas ones because I know I wouldn’t be happy putting the dc in them after Christmas and that would be a waste so I just buy them nice, normal pjs that they wear all year (dd is in last year’s tonight).

Then I collect up all the Christmas books and put those in, along with a craft/activity project and a list of jobs they need to work together to achieve on Christmas Eve (today their rooms, go for a walk etc etc).

Staves off the excitement a bit, keeps them occupied. No harm done to anyone else.

fieryginger · 17/12/2018 04:24

I agree. PJ's that won't fit them next year for one thing.

I think a 1 December box is better (if you really want to do something). PJ's that can be worn lots of times, advent calendar, colouring book, crafts to make a bauble for the tree, if they're going to have a party frock or shirt, stick it in the box.

Or do bugger all, like I did.

WendyWoofer · 17/12/2018 05:31

Why do posters think pj's bought at Christmas can't be worn all year??

And...When did a pair of pj's, a book and a sachet of hot chocolate become a huge pile of presents??

Me and my siblings had a new pair of pj's every Christmas Eve and we were born in the 70's. Christmas Eve pj's are not a new trend.

Hisaishi · 17/12/2018 05:34

muted it might have been going on in certain families for some time, but it's only been a marketed thing in the last three to four years.

AndhowcouldIeverrefuse · 17/12/2018 05:54

Why do posters think pj's bought at Christmas can't be worn all year??

I don't know. Maybe they turn into a pumpkin at midnight on the 25th?

It couldn't be that people are criticising others over something they don't know much about and haven't given any thought to. Could it?

adviceonthepox · 17/12/2018 06:54

I've always bought pjs, a book and a chocolate treat for Xmas eve for my kids. My eldest is 15. It's just part of the excitement for Christmas. The Christmas fairy brings them.

Shutupanddance1 · 17/12/2018 07:05

We’ve always done new PJs on Christmas Eve, I’m 30 and my DM still gets me mine .

Christmas baby clothes/themed clothes for kiddies gets passed around our extended family - it’s lovely to see your niece/nephew wear what your baby wore. I thought that was pretty much normal?

WereYouHareWhenIWasFox · 17/12/2018 07:11

They tend to be for people with no initiative or imagination, the box just contains all the things they need for a night in! Could they not just watch a movie in their pyjamas with a hot chocolate? Did they really need a box to tell them how to have a boring night in? Maybe because it just isn’t Instagram worthy.

SnuggyBuggy · 17/12/2018 07:14

I agree with BertieBotts, too much limited use stuff
like baby clothing with dates being manufactured. Baby Christmas clothing maybe isn't so bad given how quickly it's grown out of and jumpers can at least go to a charity shop. Do PJs go to charity shops?

I'd personally find it really weird wearing Christmas PJs in January let alone summer

I would also argue it's one thing storing a tree, box of decorations and lights in the loft and another to buy a load of Christmas themed household duplicates like cushions, doormats, full set of plates, shower curtains that would have to be stored most of the year. I am debating some Christmas cushions covers as they could just be folded in a drawer

piggybrownhare · 17/12/2018 07:14

Hisaishi ‘Just give them on Christmas Day’

What difference does that make to landfill?

Also.... why do you think everyone puts more in the box than they say they do and only wears the pyjamas once?!

You sound like a joy, out of interest do you celebrate Christmas?

missfliss · 17/12/2018 07:17

Only on Mumsnet can putting some pyjamas and hot chocolate for children in a wrapped cardboard box be described variously as:

consumerism gone mad
approaching nazism
for people with no initiative (?)

Hisaishi · 17/12/2018 07:20

"You sound like a joy, out of interest do you celebrate Christmas?"

You also sound absolutely delightful. Not sure what me celebrating Christmas or not has to do with you?

I don't get people like you. Are you seriously that offended that someone thinks the things you do are a bit shit, so you have to insult them?

Grow up. If you want to do your little Shitmas Eve box, go ahead. No one cares. But at least be enough of an adult to not sit and cry about it when not everyone thinks it's amaaazing and wooonderful.

Weebitawks · 17/12/2018 07:22

Yeah I find the hatred odd. We give the DC a Christmas even box with some bits as the presents on Christmas Day are from Santa.

People are weirdly Dickish about something that is nice and doesn’t hurt anyone.

ShowOfHands · 17/12/2018 07:25

Blimey.

Peace on earth and goodwill to all men, eh?

WereYouHareWhenIWasFox · 17/12/2018 07:28

Yup, no initiative to have more fun missfluss can you really not think of better ways to spend your children’s childhood? Poor fuckers, pyjamas, a movie and a shitload of crap photos. Knock yourselves out! 😂

LaurieMarlow · 17/12/2018 07:31

But no, M&S are saying it's a thing, so we must blindly follow follow.

If you'd actually read the thread you'd see that people have been doing the pj thing for years and years (my childhood in the 80s for example) long before M&S jumped on the bandwagon.

LaurieMarlow · 17/12/2018 07:32

People are weirdly Dickish about something that is nice and doesn’t hurt anyone.

They're seizing an opportunity to look down their noses and feel superior. Pay them no attention.

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